Palestinians are reported separately in the statistical overview of foreigners with a residence permit. They are,
thus, not included in the category of stateless persons. Figure 3 shows that the number of Palestinians in the Czech
Republic is continuously growing. At the end of 2018, the number of registered persons was 188. Over half of the
Palestinians statistically reported have a permanent residence permit in the country and men prevail over women.
At least part of the Palestinians statistically recorded in this category are likely to be stateless pursuant to the 1954
Convention and, therefore, represent a relevant group for the purpose of this study.
Figure 3 Number of PalestiniansNumber
in the years
2018 (as
31 Dec;
as of 30 Jun 2018)
of 2007–
Palestinians
inof2007
to 2018
200
180
160
140
120
107
107
2007
2008
117
133
145
145
2011
2012
152
157
2013
2014
168
181
182
188
2016
2017
2018
100
80
60
40
20
0
2009
2010
2015
Source: MoI CZ – Third-country nationals with a registered residence permit in the Czech Republic and foreign nationals from
the EU plus Iceland, Norway, Switzerland and Liechtenstein with a registered residence in the Czech Republic in the years
2007–2018.
4.1.2 Stateless persons granted international protection
The task to establish the exact number of stateless persons residing in the Czech Republic as beneficiaries of
international protection in the form of asylum or subsidiary protection has proven rather difficult. The number
of persons who fall into this category in the given year have been published only for the period from 2012 to
2015,84 as shown in Figure 4. At the end of 2015, there were 201 stateless persons recorded in this category, with
beneficiaries of subsidiary protection prevailing over stateless refugees.
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In the report for previous periods, this information is only indicated in the form of summaries which do not allow information to be
separated across the individual years. The MoI has not been releasing the numbers of people with valid international protection since
2015.
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